LA Hacks, Spring 2013 (FREE transportation, $10,000 cash prizes!)

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Includes transportation to/from participating universities, meals, snacks, energy drinks, music, swag from our sponsors, and of course huge prizes for the winners.
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LA Hacks will be Southern California's biggest FREE collegiate hackathon, taking place on April 27-28.

RESERVE SPOTS ON OUR BUSES HERE: bit.ly/14NGQCN

Participating Schools:

TARGET AUDIENCE

We will accept teams of graduate and undegraduate students and alumni from UCLA, CalTech, Harvey Mudd (and students from the other Claremont colleges), USC, UC San Diego, and UC Irvine.

TRANSPORTATION

Transportation to/from the event and your college campus will be provided. Here is the schedule for transportation for each campus:

RESERVE SPOTS ON OUR BUSES HERE: bit.ly/14NGQCN

UCLA - Your bus will pick you up at 8:00am on Saturday (4/27) at Ackerman Turnaround by the bus pick-up area. You will be taken back to that location at the conclusion of LA Hacks at 6:00pm on Sunday (4/28) by a FREE car provided for by Lyft.

USC - Your bus will pick you up at 8:00am on Saturday (4/27) at the parking lot of Del Taco on 28th and Figueroa. You will be taken back to that location at the conclusion of LA Hacks at 6:00pm on Sunday (4/28) by a FREE car provided for by Lyft.

UC Irvine - Your bus will pick you up at 7:15am on Saturday (4/27) at the intersection of Campus Drive and Bridge Road. You will be taken back to that location at the conclusion of LA Hacks at 6:00pm on Sunday (4/28)

UC San Diego -Your bus will pick you up at 6:30am on Saturday (4/27) at the intersection of Gilman Drive and Myers Drive. You will be taken back to that location at the conclusion of LA Hacks at 6:00pm on Sunday (4/28)

Harvey Mudd -Your bus will pick you up at 6:45am on Saturday (4/27) at 301 Platt Blvd.You will be taken back to that location at the conclusion of LA Hacks at 6:00pm on Sunday (4/28)

Caltech-Your bus will pick you up at 7:45am on Saturday (4/27) at the corner of South Hill Ave and San Pasqual Street.You will be taken back to that location at the conclusion of LA Hacks at 6:00pm on Sunday (4/28)

THE COMPETITION

Teams will participate in a 24-hour-long hackathon to create products that address a theme that will be announced closer to the event. At the end of those 24 hours, teams will present and demo their concepts to a panel of judges and winners will be chosen! There will be no limitations on technology that can be used during the competition, and the theme will be general enough where you will not be restricted in what you can create!

Great networking opportunities: Check out our MASSIVE list of sponsors below, they will all be looking to hire awesome engineers like yourself!

WE PROVIDE

We'll provide meals throughout the event, snacks, energy drinks, giveaways and awesome prizes, beer, music, and nap rooms. All you have to bring are your great ideas and hacks. And did we mention its FREE?

ABOUT THE VENUE

Cross Campus is an engine of creativity and innovation, housed at our state of the art 11,000 square foot space at 820 Broadway in the heart of Santa Monica. Our goal is to inspire creative collisions through space design, learning platforms, and extraordinary events, fostering member-driven collaboration that ultimately leads to game changing ideas and enterprises.

Organizer

Hadar Dor

Hadar Dor is the founder and lead organizer of LA Hacks. He studies Cognitive Science with a Specialization in Computing at UCLA, and spent last year on leave working at Quixey as a Product Manager under the mentorship of their CEO. Learn more at www.HadarDor.com

Alvin Hsia is the Director of Sponsorships for LA Hacks. He studies Business Economics with a Specialization in Computing at UCLA, and is also the Co-Founder and CEO of SceneShot.

Brian Lee is the Director of Operations & Marketing for LA Hacks. He studies Business Economics at UCLA, and is currently an Intern for TechCrunch.